Category Archives: Climate change adaptation
Learning to Adapt 5 – 1 August
Building the Capacity of Australia’s Professionals to Respond to Climate Change Learning to Adapt 5 (L2A5) is an EIANZ initiative designed to update, train and facilitate learning in climate change adaptation. Recognising that climate change adaptation is an evolving space with a variety of skills required L2A5 will build on the previous seminars from 2010-2012 and will [...]
Edge Environment seconding Jacqui Bonnitcha to UN
Congratulations to Jacqui Bonnitcha for being offered an internship at the Climate Change Planning Unit of the Urban Planning and Design Branch (UPDB), UN Habitat, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Jacqui will go to Kenya in July for a six month internship and return to Edge Environment in January 2014. Whilst working at the UN Jacqui [...]
Edge pioneers resilient housing principles
Edge Environment has been working with Lake Macquarie City Council to develop guidelines for resilient housing. This pioneering approach to managing risk from flooding and tidal inundation embeds flexibility and adaptability into residential development. Edge developed four principles for resilient housing with each principle having a set of performance criteria and suggested acceptable solutions for site and building design [...]
Edge Environment is an Approved Contractor for Local Government Procurement
After a rigorous assessment process, Edge Environment has been appointed as a supplier on the Local Government Procurement Panel for a term of three years. The panel allows local governments to easily, safely and efficiently procure a range of services without the costs and hassles associated with tendering. Local Government Procurement (LGP) represents the needs of councils [...]
Delivering a more resilient built environment
Australia has a long history of extreme weather events. The impact that these events have on Australian communities has increased as the value of assets has increased and inappropriate buildings have been placed in vulnerable areas. Recent examples include the Victorian ‘Black Saturday’ Bushfires and the 2010-11 Queensland floods. Climate change is an added consideration. [...]
Climate Change Adaptation – What is the future for Australia?
Edge Environment is pleased to have had two abstracts accepted to the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) 2013 Conference. The abstracts are titled Insurance industry tools and knowledge development for a more resilient built environment Local government planning for the future: adaptable buildings for flooding and sea level rise impacts The NCCARF Conference [...]
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